Injection Moulding Trainer offers a classroom-based resource for investigating the techniques used to create thermo-plastic products. Students initially use the trainer to mould a variety of items, including a model car and different designs of door handles.

Using the trainer alongside a 3D printer allows students to follow rapid prototyping and tooling techniques, including:

3D printing, evaluation and improvement of prototypes

3D printing of injection moulds

Injection moulding of the final product

Students apply these techniques to develop various items, including a headphone cord wrap and a multi-part gear mechanism.

Students will see how a good grasp of the science of material properties is needed to select appropriate materials and methods for production. They will also gain an understanding of how mathematics is required to develop production costs and propose selling costs.

This resource can also be used in conjunction with Optional Cloud-based Software, which offers online practical tasks as well as interactive theory presentations, investigations, and assessments, which link directly to the practical activities carried out using this resource.